[Vetvoice]

I don't know who you think you are to tick off the "usual suspects" but let me give you my background and you tell everyone where I stand to gain from the Stryker being dumped in favor of a safer vehicle.

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The author is a multiple Purple Heart veteran of an 18 month combat tour in Vietnam as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division and a Green Beret with the 5th Special Forces Group. When he returned home, he entered police work and rose through the ranks from uniformed patrol officer with the City of Birmingham to finally serve as a Special Agent with the U.S. Treasury Department. He holds a BS in Accounting and Finance, an MA in Military History, and has completed his postgraduate academic work toward his doctorate at the University of Alabama and The George Washington University in Washington, DC. He now resides on the Alabama Gulf Coast in Foley, AL, and can be reached at: lshoultz@gulftel.com.

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Now bang away you moron...

[centurion316]

My apologies for the delay in posting a reply, but I have been out of the country and unable to keep up with the discourse.

I am aware of your background, and find it to be admirable from the perspective of service to country, education, and place of residence. However, your credentials are not impressive in the context of this debate. Oliver Stone is also a combat veteran, but I don't seek out his opinion on matters military. Many of the Freepers (Archy, Cannoneer No. 4, for example) engaged in this debate are experts: by virtue of experience, technical knowledge, and recent combat development experience. I listen to them. You are quite clearly not in their league - perhaps we would be better served if you could enlighten us on issues of counterfeiting, embezzlement, or some such like.

Your case is also hurt by the site on which you chose to publish your views. The credibility of your opinion suffers when posted amongst the trash and drivel that characterizes this gem of the internet.

Now, you are perfectly entitled to your opinion that I am a moron. But, pardon me if I do not give it much attention, considering the source.

For the record, your background compared with mine:

Military veteran -- Ditto (25 years)

18 months combat -- 12 months,LRRP plt ldr, rifle co cdr

Multiple Purple Hearts -- 1 Purple Heart (enough)

Police Officer, Treasury, etc -- Continued military career
w/ svc in mech infantry units, command through bn level, cbt development, doctrine development. Currently in
defense industry working on future force, OIF support, etc.

BS, MA, Doctorate work -- BA, MA. Taught at West Point
Graduate U. S. Army War College Senior Analyst, Institue for
Defense Analyses